Irish Music Stories is the show about traditional music.... and the much bigger stories behind it. IMS is about everything--through an Irish music lens.

Whether you already play the fiddle or you know nothing about trad music or dance, I hope you'll join me, Shannon Heaton, as I learn how a band of Boston tweens ended up at a big music competition in Sligo, and what it meant to their families... and as I dig into the darker, sweeter side of Irish humor... and as I explore what learning Irish songs together is really all about.

Meet thoughtful and incredibly charming people in pubs, kitchens, and backstages throughout the U.S., Ireland, and beyond, underscored with toe-tapping and heart-soaring melodies that seem familiar, even if you've never heard them before.

What’s up with the word ‘Celtic,’ and what does it have
to do with Irish music? Why does the C-Word sometimes
come off as non-specific, simplistic, or academic? Host Shannon
Heaton unpacks the meaning and mysteries of Celtic
culture with Seamus Egan, Neil Pearlman, Marc Gunn, Ellery
Klein, and coffee drinkers at...